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AWS Intro to Wine – First Pour
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AWS Intro to Wine – First Pour™
  • Classroom Cost: $145.00
  • Online Cost: $95.00

Course Details

Duration:

Classroom: 3-4 hours. Online ZOOM: 3.-4 hours.
Includes:

What’s Included with Your Course

Discover, taste, and grow your confidence with the Academy of Wine & Spirits.

Every course includes:

  • A comprehensive digital textbook
  • Classroom learning, self-paced online study, or live Zoom classes, depending on your course
  • An online examination
  • A verified digital certificate and badge upon successful completion, with lifetime access
  • Classroom courses also include carefully selected samples, depending on your course.
  • Your credentials are always ready to verify, download, print, and share—on LinkedIn, your CV, or wherever your next opportunity takes you.

Make It Extra Special

Choose the Premium Certification Pack at checkout for a printed course booklet, premium printed certificate, and Academy of Wine & Spirits lapel pin.

Learn anywhere. Celebrate your achievement for life.

What Is Covered?

Wine Basics Made Easy
Understand key wine styles (red, white, rosé, sparkling, sweet) and how to tell them apart.

How to Read a Wine Label
Learn what actually matters — and what’s marketing fluff.

How to Buy Wine Like a Pro
Navigate wine shops, supermarkets, and online stores with confidence.

Restaurant Wine Lists Demystified
Learn how to choose a great bottle (without blowing your budget) and how to talk to a sommelier.

Serving & Storing Wine
Tips on glassware, temperatures, and opening bottles without drama.

Taste Like You Mean It
A guided tasting of 4–6 wines to help you identify what you like.

Q&A + Insider Hacks
Get answers to all your burning wine questions, no matter how “basic” they seem.

Tasting Samples

Enjoy a curated flight of 9 wines, hand-selected to give you a broad and delicious foundation across key styles, grapes, and regions paired with Charcuterie. 

Who Should Attend?

Wine lovers who want to level up their confidence without diving into a full certification (yet).

Restaurant regulars, foodies, and travelers who want to stop guessing at the wine list.

Retail or hospitality staff looking for foundational wine knowledge to boost customer service.

Anyone who’s ever stood in the wine aisle thinking "I have no idea what I’m doing."

Perfect prep for those considering AWS Level 1 – Certified Wine Enthusiast™.

Course Cost:

Classroom: $145 

Online: $95

What’s Next:

AWS Level 1 – Certified Junior Sommelier™, inteternationaly UK certifved via CPD! 

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